THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE IN TIMOR-LESTE

Abstract

The existence of the National Ambulance and Medical Emergency Service (SNAEM) is part of the evacuation, urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation of serious illnesses, injuries and transport of patients to definitive care. This is a rapid action that health professionals working in the SNAEM must attend to, especially in the emergency service unit. The health professionals who work in the emergency department are doctors, nurses and midwives. There are three different ways of evacuating patients in the emergency medical services provided by SNAEM. Evacuation by Emergency Medical Ambulance, Emergency Medical Ship Ambulance (by sea) and Medevac (Emergency Medical Air Ambulance – by helicopter) to transport patients from various locations to health centres and the Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV) in Dili. This paper aims to describe the emergency medical service in East Timor. It highlights the management of emergency service support, the emergency of medical service providers, the emergency of the medical service provision

process, the importance of the emergency medical service, the role of the emergency medical service, and the challenges and opportunities encountered by the SNAEM.